Collège Beauséjour

English translation

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History

The present college is formed by the union of three buildings and parts of buildings: the old Hôtel Saint-Félix; the old convent of Notre-Dame; the old Logis de l'Ange. Concerning the convent and the logis, the parts now included in the college have given way to courtyards, chapel and modern buildings. At the site of the hotel there existed, in 1576, a large house. Around its centre, the façade forms a slightly projecting pavilion into which opens the portal. This pavilion comprises three parts: the portal with round arch; the window of the first storey, framed by a round arch; the window of the second storey, surmounted by a triangular pediment. The middle of the façade building is occupied by a monumental staircase which develops over three flights. The stringers and landings rest on very flattened arches, meeting at their junctions on pendant keys. Rich decoration of the keys. The chapel, built to the north on the street, is modern. As are the classrooms and dormitories raised on the site of the Notre-Dame convent and, to the south, outbuildings erected in the former courtyard of the Logis de l'Ange.